Newsreels of Newlyn, Cornwall: 1937 and 1946
In these two short snippets from the Pathé film archive, we see nine Newlyn fishermen petition the Minister of Health at Westminster and a post-war… Read More »Newsreels of Newlyn, Cornwall: 1937 and 1946
Posts which include films from the Pathe Archive
In these two short snippets from the Pathé film archive, we see nine Newlyn fishermen petition the Minister of Health at Westminster and a post-war… Read More »Newsreels of Newlyn, Cornwall: 1937 and 1946
This Pathé archive footage of the Brixham Regatta, 1933 opens with a title screen ‘The Red Trawlers of Brixham – famed in song and story… Read More »Red Trawlers of Brixham, 1933
The Viking Ship ‘Hugin’ on permanent display at Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate is a replica of the Viking ship which sailed from Denmark to Thanet in 1949. This… Read More »Viking ship ‘Hugin’ at Ramsgate
Watch this excellent archive footage from the America’s Cup heyday, 1934, entitled “THE AMERICA’S CUP – Rainbow (defender) and Endeavour (challenger) in final trails.” This… Read More »The America’s Cup
View archive footage of an English sea-going barge in this Pathé newsreel which opens with the commentator saying ‘the tall mast of a ship is… Read More »Red Sails aka Sailing Barge, 1947
In 1914 the Whitby lifeboatmen, along with four other boats from the treacherous north east coast of England, saved 85 lives, including wounded soldiers and… Read More »85 lives saved from ‘Rohilla’: November 1914
This post has a link to an ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive providing a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began… Read More »Trawling in the 1940s
The small Essex village of Tollesbury has a fascinating maritime heritage and still has a vibrant sailing fraternity today. The village sign and Parish Church… Read More »Tollesbury, Essex and the America’s Cup, 1937
This Pathé Archive brings us a glimpse back to 1933 with footage of three young women sailing on the Norfolk Broads. The full title reads… Read More »Sailing on the Broads, 1933